Rutgers professor: Even the concept of time is racist

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Dave Huber, Assistant Editor - The College Fix


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One of the privileges of being a tenured professor in the field of “studies” is that you can make up crap out of thin air and majors in the field, fellow faculty, and progressive media all go “Ooooooh!” in amazement.

Rutgers University’s Brittney Cooper is a master at this. The associated professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies who once opined that Jesus was “potentially queer” or was “married to a prostitute,” called black city officials she did not like “white supremacists in Blackface,” and had nothing but words of “the four-letter variety” after the US Supreme Court allowed for religious exemptions to the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate, now says that the very concept of time itself is … racially biased.

In an interview with NPR last week, Cooper said that the way we “position ourselves in relationship to time comes out of histories of European and Western thought”; in other words, “white people own time.”


Time has a history, and so do black people. But we treat time as though it is timeless, as though it has always been this way, as though it doesn’t have a political history bound up with the plunder of indigenous lands, the genocide of indigenous people and the stealing of Africans from their homeland. When white, male European philosophers first thought to conceptualize time and history, one famously declared, Africa is no historical part of the world. He was, essentially, saying that Africans were people outside of history who had had no impact on time or the march of progress. …

Now, we also see this idea that black people are people either alternately outside the bounds of time or stuck in the past in a scenario where, much as I’m doing right now, a black person stands up and insists that racism still matters, and a person – usually white – says to them, why are you stuck in the past?

Cooper goes on to note that white people are taught that time is linear (it’s not? To coin a cliché, isn’t the science settled?), but for African-Americans time “doesn’t exactly work that way” because they live with “the residue of past historical trauma,” not to mention a present “filled with racial animus” and a “precarious future.”

Regarding that last point, Copper uses Sandra Bland, the black woman who in 2015 died in police custody shortly after a traffic stop arrest, as an example of someone “yanked out of [a] future”:


[I]t reminds me of the ways that past and presents and futures seemingly coexist for African-American folks. And so in that way, time doesn’t feel linear. It feels like the past, you know, past narratives of race that are rooted in violence and rooted in a lack of freedom. They feel like they can become our reality again at any moment.

Of course. “Studies” courses are all about grievances, and anyone or anything which professes progress or the amelioration of past wrongs is an obstacle to the cultivation of those grievances.

[DemonGeminiX]

Sounds like somebody doesn't like 8 o'clock classes.

[Hal-9000]

Time shows us that black and brown skinned races were taking in slaves and killing millions before the whites came along.

The more you know ...

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Time shows us that black and brown skinned races were taking in slaves and killing millions before the whites came along.

The more you know ...

In your version of white revisionist history there Hitler :hand:

[RBP]

Time shows us that black and brown skinned races were taking in slaves and killing millions before the whites came along.

The more you know ...

Not to mention that the African Slaves were sold by other Africans. They'd have us believe that white people were out hunting the black man.

Just like Jussie. :shock: It all makes sense now. :shock:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Not to mention that the African Slaves were sold by other Africans. They'd have us believe that white people were out hunting the black man.

Just like Jussie. :shock: It all makes sense now. :shock:

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[Hal-9000]

Not to mention that the African Slaves were sold by other Africans. They'd have us believe that white people were out hunting the black man.

Just like Jussie. :shock: It all makes sense now. :shock:

I was reading some sort of color chart talking about ancient civilizations like the Sumerians and how slavery evolved, who was involved.

For conservatively the first 6000 years....there were no eggshell white faces on the color chart :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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That's actually not a bad movie if you haven't seen it.

[DemonGeminiX]

I think I have seen it. :-k

[Hal-9000]

me too...probably when it came out...on VHS

[Teh One Who Knocks]

me too...probably when it came out...on VHS

The good old days of having to run to the video store and hope all the new movies weren't gone and you had to watch something you didn't want to see :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

I think it was one of those late night HBO movies. That's usually when HBO played the B-level cult-ish movies that weren't widely distributed in theaters.

[Hal-9000]

The good old days of having to run to the video store and hope all the new movies weren't gone and you had to watch something you didn't want to see :lol:

I'll never forget being at Blockbuster when DVD's took over from VHS cassettes. They still had both types on the shelves. For us, they would put the actual DVD in a clear case behind movie covers. I was standing there reading a cover trying to decide if I was going to rent it, and a little hand snakes AROUND my waist, snatches the ^%%#! DVD I was reading about and then vanishes :shock:

I turn around and see a little Asian guy scurrying off to the counter. That bastard took the last copy of the movie :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'll never forget being at Blockbuster when DVD's took over from VHS cassettes. They still had both types on the shelves. For us, they would put the actual DVD in a clear case behind movie covers. I was standing there reading a cover trying to decide if I was going to rent it, and a little hand snakes AROUND my waist, snatches the ^%%#! DVD I was reading about and then vanishes :shock:

I turn around and see a little Asian guy scurrying off to the counter. That bastard took the last copy of the movie :lol:

It was the same way here. The DVD cases were on the shelves and they were empty, you had to bring the case up to the counter and the clerk would put the DVD in the case.

You know, that's something I wish kids today could experience. Not like today where you could watch almost every movie ever made on your smartphone. Getting together as a family and going to the video store and walking through all the rows of cassettes and/or DVD's and trying to agree on just one movie that everyone wanted to see :lol:

You actually discovered some hidden gems that way too because if you were late getting there on new release day, all the big movies were already rented out.

[RBP]

You could stop at "getting together as a family" unfortunately.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You could stop at "getting together as a family" unfortunately.

'Family for me was me, my mother, and my brother.

[RBP]

'Family for me was me, my mother, and my brother.

I just meant that families don't do many family things any more.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I just meant that families don't do many family things any more.

Ah, gotcha. Sad but true.

[Hal-9000]

It was the same way here. The DVD cases were on the shelves and they were empty, you had to bring the case up to the counter and the clerk would put the DVD in the case.

You know, that's something I wish kids today could experience. Not like today where you could watch almost every movie ever made on your smartphone. Getting together as a family and going to the video store and walking through all the rows of cassettes and/or DVD's and trying to agree on just one movie that everyone wanted to see :lol:

You actually discovered some hidden gems that way too because if you were late getting there on new release day, all the big movies were already rented out.

Stephen King wrote about that in one of his non fiction books.

There were people like us who scoured the video store every week and rented thousands of movies. Mostly bad and a few good ones. Then there are customers who went into the store once every six months and rented the acclaimed mainstream movies that everyone loved.

King said when people like us found a good video, we actually deserved it more because of all the time put in renting shitty ones if that makes any sense :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Stephen King wrote about that in one of his non fiction books.

There were people like us who scoured the video store every week and rented thousands of movies. Mostly bad and a few good ones. Then there are customers who went into the store once every six months and rented the acclaimed mainstream movies that everyone loved.

King said when people like us found a good video, we actually deserved it more because of all the time put in renting shitty ones if that makes any sense :lol:

And especially it seemed during the VHS days, they spent a lot of money on the artwork for the slip cover of the bad movies and you were immediately taken in by it and then you get it home and it was the biggest piece of crap you've ever watched. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

And especially it seemed during the VHS days, they spent a lot of money on the artwork for the slip cover of the bad movies and you were immediately taken in by it and then you get it home and it was the biggest piece of crap you've ever watched. :lol:

And they would redo the covers with newer, fancier artwork and/or change the title, and then about a 1/3 of the way through you realize you've watched this POS already :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And they would redo the covers with newer, fancier artwork and/or change the title, and then about a 1/3 of the way through you realize you've watched this POS already :lol:

Yes! And all you could do is :doh: :shakefist:

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

Yes! And all you could do is :doh: :shakefist:

:lol:

In retrospect I probably spent thousands renting movies and DVD's, it was a big part of my life. Similar to what we were talking about when downloading TV and movie files through file sharing. As much as it pissed me off, there was a certain satisfaction getting something that was really entertaining.

I remember renting Dead/Alive on a total long shot one night and watching it with four or five friends. We absolutely loved it :thumbsup:

[Hal-9000]

You could stop at "getting together as a family" unfortunately.


I just meant that families don't do many family things any more.

I rarely did anything with my family growing up and actively avoided it whenever possible.

And I regret that every. single. day.

I just spent five days with my sister and it's been the best part of the past year for me.

[Pony]

You know, that's something I wish kids today could experience. Not like today where you could watch almost every movie ever made on your smartphone. Getting together as a family and going to the video store and walking through all the rows of cassettes and/or DVD's and trying to agree on just one movie that everyone wanted to see :lol:



Sneaking in and out of the "adult" room, hoping not to run into your parent's friends. :lol:

Kids today have it way easy.

[Hal-9000]

Sneaking in and out of the "adult" room, hoping not to run into your parent's friends. :lol:

Kids today have it way easy.

Gold Video. Small Mom & Pop store run by the kindest Asian family on the planet. Their adult room had those saloon doors that seemed to be prevalent at the time...and they NEVER oiled those stiff fuckers!

You'd try to sneak in and the whole store would hear this - EEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAW! from each door.

It was the gauntlet of shame :oops:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Sneaking in and out of the "adult" room, hoping not to run into your parent's friends. :lol:

Kids today have it way easy.


Gold Video. Small Mom & Pop store run by the kindest Asian family on the planet. Their adult room had those saloon doors that seemed to be prevalent at the time...and they NEVER oiled those stiff fuckers!

You'd try to sneak in and the whole store would hear this - EEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAW! from each door.

It was the gauntlet of shame :oops:

The local owned video store we went to had beads covering the entrance to the adult section. You had to be ninja-like to make them not make any noise, but even if you did that, someone would see them moving and could tell someone was in there :lol:

[Hal-9000]

The local owned video store we went to had beads covering the entrance to the adult section. You had to be ninja-like to make them not make any noise, but even if you did that, someone would see them moving and could tell someone was in there :lol:

:lol:

I went into an adult room at one store and there was a fairly attractive older woman in there, along with me and a couple of dudes. It was a swanky set up with nice restrained floor lighting and carpeting, but the area was small. I tried to ninja past her in between shelves. At the same time she backed up and her hand holding her keys bonked me right in the Jimmy. Keys made a little tinkling sound like ringing a bell.

I moved outta there at full walking speed and never did get any dirty videos. My face was red and my dick was hard all the way home 8-[ :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:rofl:

[Griffin]

ahhhh...the good ole days

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ahhhh...the good ole days

Gold video with the Asian family from the post above would hand write the labels for every video and video box spine. If you rented a normal video you had longer to keep it compared to the XXX vids.

So each and every time you left the store as a customer a very shy, attractive Asian girl would say - The Terminator and Pulp Fiction are due back Wednesday and LITTLE ASIAN WHORES WHO DRINK PEE & CUM is due back Sunday. Thank you. :)

[Hal-9000]

Gold video with the Asian family from the post above would hand write the labels for every video and video box spine. If you rented a normal video you had longer to keep it compared to the XXX vids.

So each and every time you left the store as a customer a very shy, attractive Asian girl would say - The Terminator and Pulp Fiction are due back Wednesday and LITTLE ASIAN WHORES WHO DRINK PEE & CUM is due back Sunday. Thank you. :)

Here's a brush with fame that's connected with this post. Young girl who worked there and helped me get embarrassed every time I left, got a bit part in a Jackie Chan video called Shanghai Noon that was filmed in 1999. She played one of the princesses in the movie and her name was Sunny. She told me the time stamp of her part during the movie and I rented it for that reason.

Holy crap it was my girl Sunny.. who called out the name of every porn I rented at the store :thumbsup: She was a cutie...